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Category Archives: China
Major cities blighted by nitrogen dioxide pollution, research finds
Shanghai, Moscow and Tehran have the highest levels of NO2 pollution, according to the research Cities in relatively prosperous countries are blighted by serious levels of air pollution from nitrogen dioxide, often without realising the extent of the problem, research has … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, Australia & Oceania, China, Europe, Health Effects of Air Pollution, Iran, Latin America, Middle East, USA & Canada, Vietnam, World News
Tagged Air Pollution, Cairo, China, Egypt, Ho Chi Minh City, Iran, Istanbul, Moscow, Nitrogen Dioxide NO2, Russia, Shanghai, St Petersburg, Tehran, Turkey, Vietnam
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Report Finds that 97 Percent of Global Cities Did Not Meet Latest WHO Air Quality Guideline
The 2021 World Air Quality Report finds that only three percent of cities and no single country met the latest World Health Organization’s (WHO) PM2.5 annual air quality guideline. The report analyzes PM2.5 air pollution measurements from air monitoring stations … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, Australia & Oceania, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Europe, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Latin America, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Mongolia, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, USA & Canada, Vietnam, World News
Tagged Air Pollution, Bangladesh, Chad, Dhaka, Dushanbe, Health Effects of Air Pollution, India, Muscat, N'Djamena, Oman, Pakistan, PM2.5, Research, Tajikistan, World Heath Organization (WHO)
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Ozone pollution: Gas causes $63 billion damage per year to East Asian crops
Rising levels of ground-level ozone in China and nearby countries are having a big effect on the yields of staple crops such as wheat, rice and maize Increasing concentrations of ground-level ozone in East Asia are causing ever more damage … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Asia, China, Japan, South Korea
Tagged Air Pollution, China, Japan, Ozone O3, Research, South Korea
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Meat-eating causes 75,000 Chinese deaths a year through pollution
Dietary shifts towards eating more meat causes 75,000 premature deaths a year in China through air pollution, a study shows. The study, published in the journal Nature Food, is the first to examine how changes in diets in China from … Continue reading
Forest fires linked to tens of thousands of avoidable deaths
Setting fire to forest and agricultural land in Southeast Asia to prepare it for cultivation or grazing contributes to an estimated 59,000 premature deaths a year, say scientists. Their analysis reveals that the greatest health impact from the burning, which … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Asia, China, Health Effects of Air Pollution, Thailand, Vietnam
Tagged Air Pollution, Asia, Cambodia, China, crop-burning, forest fire, HAZE, Health Effects of Air Pollution, Laos, Myanmar, PM2.5, Research, smoke, Thailand, Vietnam, wildfires, World Heath Organization (WHO)
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Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions, report finds
Dirty air is a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids, with coal burning the leading cause Air pollution is cutting short the lives of billions of people by up to six years, according to a new report, … Continue reading
New analysis reveals global distribution of toxic pollution and climate change: And provides top-ten list of countries at highest risk — and likely most equipped to immediately begin pollution risk reduction
A new analysis of global datasets shows low-income countries are significantly more likely to be impacted by both toxic pollution and climate change — and provides a list of at-risk countries most (and least) able to immediately begin direct efforts … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Air Quality, Asia, China, India, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, World News
Tagged Air Pollution, Bhutan, Botswana, China, Georgia, India, Republic of Korea, Research, Rwanda, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand
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New research finds 1M deaths in 2017 attributable to fossil fuel combustion
An interdisciplinary group of researchers from across the globe has comprehensively examined the sources and health effects of air pollution—not just on a global scale, but also individually for more than 200 countries. They found that worldwide, more than one … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Pollution, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, fossil fuels, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, PM2.5, Research, Russia, USA
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